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IMO – the International Maritime Organization
What it is, What it does, How it works
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IMO mission: safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans
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IMO
• Specialised UN agency
• Headquarters in UK since 1958
• Annual budget £30+ million
• Secretariat – 265 staff, more than 50 nationalities
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Ten largest contributors to IMO in 2015. Assessed contributions based on
flat base rate with additional components based on ability to pay and
merchant fleet tonnage.
Panama £5.22m 17.33%
Liberia £3.00m 9.98%
Marshall Is. £2.41m 7.17%
Singapore £1.83m 6.06%
Bahamas £1.31m 4.35%
UK £1.30m 4.29%
Malta £1.29m 4.27%
China £1.20m 3.98%
Hong Kong, China £1.04m 3.46%
Greece £1.01m 3.38%
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IMO - global coverage
171 Member States, three associate members
IGOs and NGOs participate as observers
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Global standards
• International industry needs universally applied standards
• IMO - Highest practical standards applied to all vessels
• No advantage through cutting corners or unilateral higher
standards
• Higher standards may be applied to own vessels
• Implementation is key
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IMO Structure
Marine
Environment
Protection
Committee
Facilitation
Committee
Technical
Cooperation
Committee
Maritime Safety
Committee
Assembly171 Member Governments
SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (SDC)
SHIP SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT (SSE)
NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATION AND SEARCH
AND RESCUE (NCSR)
CARRIAGE OF CARGOES AND
CONTAINERS (CCC)
POLLUTION PREVENTION AND
RESPONSE (PPR)
IMPLEMENTATION OF IMO INSTRUMENTS (III)
HUMAN ELEMENT, TRAINING AND WATCHKEEPING (HTW)
Council40 Member Governments
Legal Committee
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Progress of measures at IMO
Casualty/
Review/
Technology
Proposal
to IMO
Discuss,
agree to
refer on
Draft
text
• Proposals for new, or amendments to existing,
mandatory instruments - a compelling need for
such amendments should be demonstrated by the
proponent(s), and an analysis of the implications of
such amendments, particularly those with far-reaching
implications and consequential proposals for other
amendments, having regard to the costs to the
maritime industry, the legislative and administrative
burdens involved and benefits which would accrue
therefrom, should be provided……
Adoption
or
approval
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Application to real ships
• SOLAS 162 Parties 98.74% world tonnage
• Load Lines 161 Parties 98.72% world tonnage
• MARPOL I/II 154 Parties 98.73% world tonnage
• MARPOL VI 87 Parties 95.69% world tonnage
• COLREG 156 Parties 98.72% world tonnage
• STCW 160 Parties 98.77% world tonnage
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IMO instruments
• Some 50 IMO Conventions and Protocols
• Hundreds of codes, guidelines and recommendations
• Almost every aspect of shipping covered:
Design
Construction
Equipment
Maintenance
Crew
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Implementation – whose role?
• Flag States on own ship
• classification societies
• mandatory audit scheme - audits every 7 years
• Port State Control
• IMO – no “policing” mandate
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IMO Technical co-operation
• Needs assessment
• Donors – expertise, training
• World Maritime University
• IMLI
WMU, Sweden
IMLI graduation 2016 – Malta
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SOLAS first adopted in 1914 after Titanic – much has changed
• Titanic – first SOLAS adopted in 1914
• 1929, 1948, 1960
• 1974 version – introduced “tacit acceptance”
• Accidents have led to revisions, also revisions due to “what might
happen”, 2006 passenger ship amendments, Costa Concordia
• Sewol – domestic ferry safety
• Conference in Philippines (April 2015)
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Passenger ship regulations today
Pic: Malta Maritime Authority
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Current issues
• E-navigation – strategy implementation plan continues in NCSR
• GMDSS – review completed, modernization plan under
development
• Security - cyber security – interim guidelines approved
• Lifeboat and launching systems – new standards for maintenance,
repair, testing adopted; 1 Jan 2020 in force
• Facilitation – revised convention annex encourages “single
window” concept
• Security and maritime crime – strong focus on implementation and
capacity building; active on several fronts (eg Djibouti and
Yaounde Codes of Conduct)
oMaritime security as enabler for sustainable maritime development
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Piracy
• Piracy off Somalia has declined thanks to
building of capacity to address the problem,
best management practices, naval patrols.
(Djibouti Code of Conduct)
• Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea - capacity
building is underway in the region (Code of
Conduct concerning the repression of piracy,
armed robbery against ships, and illicit
maritime activity in west and central Africa)
• South-east Asia – The Regional Cooperation
Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed
Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP).
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People on unsafe vessels – significant humanitarian problem
which also places burdens on coastal states and ship owners
• More than 1,000,000 people crossed the Mediterranean in 2015,
against 218,000 in 2014, with more than 3,760 deaths in 2015.
• To mid-Sept 2016: 280,000 arrivals, 3,212 deaths
• http://missingmigrants.iom.int/ for
updates on latest figures
Unsafe mixed migration by sea
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Prevention of Pollution from Ships
• MARPOL Annex I, II, III, IV, V, VI (newest)
• Preventing operational and accidental pollution
• Response and preparedness OPRC, OPRC-HNS
• Liability and compensation treaties
• Anti-fouling systems
• London Protocol – wastes
• Ballast Water Management
• Special Areas
• Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas
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MARPOL Annex VI – air pollution and energy efficiency
• Air pollution requirements adopted 1997, revised in 2008
• SOx
• Current global cap 3.5%
• decision on 0.5% global cap date due Oct 2016
• based on availability review – 2020 or 2025
• Limits in ECAs 0.1% from 1 Jan 2015
• NOx
• Tier III emission limit now in force on ships constructed on or after
1 Jan 2016 in North America/Caribbean ECAs
• Will apply to ships constructed on or after date of adoption for
future ECAs
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MARPOL Annex VI – energy efficiency
• EEDI and SEEMP adopted 2011, mandatory since 2013
• 2025 newbuilds – 30% more efficient than 2014
• More than 1600 new ships already certified
• Challenge not just for IMO
o ship designers
omarine engineers
o ship operators and managers
o seafarers
o educators
• Projects:
• IMO-European Union Project on Capacity Building for Climate Change
Mitigation in the Maritime Shipping Sector – establishment of Maritime
Technology Cooperation Centres (MTCCs)
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Carbon footprint?
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Ballast water – tackling invasive aquatic species
• International Convention on Ballast Water Management will enter
into force on 8 September 2017
• Time scale for application – 1st 5-year survey after EIF
• More than 60 type approved systems (existing guidelines)
• Type approval guidelines being reviewed and revised but no
penalty for early adopters
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Ship recycling
• Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally
Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009
• Environmentally friendly disposal of old ships:
• Most components and materials re-used
• But: safety issues for workers - hazardous materials
• Inter-agency co-operation ILO, Basel Convention
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Awareness days
• Day of the Seafarer – 25 June
• “At Sea For All”
• Interactive Quiz!
• World Maritime Day – 29 September
• “Shipping: Indispensable to the World”
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Ship losses over the years - declining
• 1966 to 1985: more than 300 ships lost annually.
• 1990: under 200; 2000: 167 lost.
• 85 ships lost worldwide in 2015, down 3% year-on-year, according to
Allianz Safety & Shipping Review 2016.
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Statistics – oil spills declined
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Shipping impacts us all
• More than 80% of world trade carried by sea
• Raw materials and commodities
• Finished goods
• Foodstuffs
• Fuel
• Underpins global economy
• Safe, secure and environmentally friendly transport system
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Rising trade
Review of Maritime Transport 2015 (UNCTAD/RMT/2015)
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Ships of the future? Battery-power/hybrid? Unmanned vessels?
International Windship Assocaition
Becker Marine systems
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